Long Island Retro Gaming Podcast

Mike talks to our very own Pokelab Professor, Erik all about a very special section at the Long Island Retro Gaming Expo - The Pokelab! The Pokelab came from Erik's desire to share his passion and enthusiasm for all things Pokemon with the world.  Enjoy the discussion!

Mike and George talk about the things happening to keep important games of the past alive in the modern era and new regional audiences.

Mike talks to different members of the team as they share some holiday gaming memories spanning 4 decades!

Mike and Joel discuss the aftermath of the 2023 Expo.

Mike talks to various staff members of the LI Retro Gaming Expo in anticipation of the big show coming up in just one week!

Our guest is Seamus Keane, Director of Special Events at the Cradle of Aviation Museum, and creator of the Arcade Age Exhibit.  Seamus walks us through the creation of the exhibit and what it means to the history of preservation of the bygone era's of arcades.

Mike sits down with George Smith, one of LIRetro's freeplay coordinators and general racing and racing game enthusiast.

Brendan Bailey returns to talk retro with Mike.

Join Mike as he chats with Expo Operations Coordinator Joel Albino about what's in store for this year's show.

Join Mike as he chats with Rizuki, LIRetro's Cosplay Coordinator about Cosplay in general and the growth of the art form at LIRetro,

Join Mike as he chats with Anatoly Shashkin aka Dos Nostalgia, a true steward of classic PC Gaming and also the PC Gaming Coordinator for LIRetro.

Join Mike and Brendan as they recap the museum section at the 2022 Long Island Retro Gaming Expo and talk about Brendan's advertures being a solo game developer.  A sprinkling of pinball also makes it's way in.   Follow the development of Nixie at https://nixiegame.com/

Using the magic of radio, Mike beams himself all the way to Japan for an interview with Matt Papa from Inti Creates!   Inti's next (and very exciting) release is Blaster Master Zero 3, releasing on July 29th, 2021. http://blastermaster-zero.com/en/zero3/

Join Mike Staub - the NEW host of the Long Island Retro Gaming podcast as he takes the reins from the old host and Expo coordinator Joel. Mike and Joel discuss the origins of the Expo, what our goal is when running the convention, and the special opportunities we have to showcase the history and fun of the hobby. _______________ If you would like to support us, please shop at the following links!...

Join Joel and George as they talk about what an FPGA is and the MISTer project. This was the first live LIRG Podcast with questions from the audience. Resources - A great article about MISTer - http://www.racketboy.com/retro/mister-fpga-the-future-of-retro-game-emulation-and-preservation The MISTer Github - https://github.com/MiSTer-devel/Main_MiSTer/wiki MISTerAddons - A site to buy MISTer and ac...

George " The Wizard" Portugal joins us in this companion podcast to his Youtube video series about the unique repair and history of a certain Pong arcade machine which has a direct connection to the founder of Atari.

Guest Brendan Bailey takes up through the long and storied history of pinball machines form the 1800s to today.  We also try to answer the question - Why is pinball so much fun?

George from 1upRestorations tells the story of the restoration and repair of a Computer Space arcade cabinet, which had the distinction of being the first ever commercially released arcade machine in the Podcast "Quick-Bit."

Dan Policar is a Grammy nominated keyboardist, songwriter and producer.  He has performed with Jamaican dancehall artist Sean Paul since 2012 and has worked with a number of other artists including Ellie Gouldling and Ricky Martin. Dan is also a huge retro PC gaming enthusiast and is currently working on music for two games - Empire of Sin from Romero Games and The Crimson Diamond by Julia Minamat...

George from 1upRestorations walks us through some of the nuts and bolts on how classic video game systems output video and audio, and discusses some of the mods available to give these old systems new and better fidelity.

Join guest Elea from Blockhead Gaming as we discuss the rise of content networks and what it's like to be a content creator today.   You can find more info about Elea and Blockhead Gaming at www.blockheadgaming.com.

Join special guest Brendan Bailey as he walks us through the history and allure of this Japanese only gaming PC from the late 80s. More info / resources on the X68k - X68000 wiki - https://gamesx.com/wiki/doku.php?id=x68000:x68000 NFGames Forum (go to X6800) - https://nfggames.com/forum2/index.php

Join Ryan, Brendan and Joel as they discuss the general state of classic gaming in our inaugural episode.